Thread: China 1/5 th of their soil contaminated

I read that earlier Bob, and it doesn't surprise me at all. Having spent a fair amount of time working there, experiencing the pollution, the fumes being belted out into the air, the dumping of junk everywhere, my only surprise was that it was such a small percentage.

The water and soil in Vietnam is also contaminated.
People in Australia buy farming products and fish for those countries to save few dollars.
News like this will start opening the eyes of few.

Pollution controls add big costs to production of most products, one of the reasons Chinese goods are so cheap is a lack of these. This is amplified the further down the chain you go in production and complexity, as the labour costs move to below 5 percent, the only places to save big dollars are cheap power and not paying for items that either slow production or use more power to reduce pollution.
But we continue to have idiots sprout the " level playing field" line and destroy manufacturing in our country which not only costs jobs here but also destroys the planet far quicker.

Originally Posted by frantic

Pollution controls add big costs to production of most products, one of the reasons Chinese goods are so cheap is a lack of these. This is amplified the further down the chain you go in production and complexity, as the labour costs move to below 5 percent, the only places to save big dollars are cheap power and not paying for items that either slow production or use more power to reduce pollution.
But we continue to have idiots sprout the " level playing field" line and destroy manufacturing in our country which not only costs jobs here but also destroys the planet far quicker.

That's one way of putting it and I must agree.

They should not be able to by a newspaper in this country let alone our land.
Just my opinion.
Regards
Robbo

Here in Oz.we still have the Carbon Tax , and all the associated for and against , but no one ever mentions , all the coal that we export to China . That would have to be a major contributer to there polluted soil . Of course we need those export $$s ,and China need our Coal so the problem isn't going to go away . One of the things that has to be considered is when China can't grow enough good healthy food , we can supply them . Jim

Originally Posted by jimr1

Here in Oz.we still have the Carbon Tax , and all the associated for and against , but no one ever mentions , all the coal that we export to China . That would have to be a major contributer to there polluted soil . Of course we need those export $$s ,and China need our Coal so the problem isn't going to go away . One of the things that has to be considered is when China can't grow enough good healthy food , we can supply them . Jim

DOH!!!!!
Read this then slap your forehead:
Made in China: Our Toxic, Imported Air Pollution | DiscoverMagazine.com


They estimate that between 1/2 to 1/3 the mercury pollution on the ground in the U.S comes from china. Now this is the result of a 5 year study that found china in 2004/5 was putting out roughly 10 times the mercury that the U.S was but they where only making double the steel. About 250million tons v 127 million to the U.S
Today they make about 780 million tons.
We make a product here and we have billions of dollars worth of pollution control measures in place to reduce or stop the emission of mercury, ozone and sulphides etc. They swamp the market , take it over and not only take a dump in their backyard ,by using virtually no emission controls, but spread the faeces all over the world.
Do You seriously suggest a few labourers on Chinese govt owned farms driving Chinese tractors , loading Chinese boats will be any sort of solution to either pollution or employment problems?
You honestly think that by the time their land is fully stuffed ours will still be pristine and immune from any fallouts?